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| This is a page under development - maybe it can turn into a useful wiki page once.
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| == Mythological background of DnD and Avlis ==
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| '''Encyclopedias:'''
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| Just found this nice online encyclopedia, where many questions can be answered:
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| http://www.pantheon.org/
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| '''Original texts:'''
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| The edda text in english - important base of nordic mythology:
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| http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14726
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| Dante's divine comedy (there are a couple of links to english illustrated texts)
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| Seems to be one template for Baator (theres a nine layered hell in norse mythology as well):
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| http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/d#a507
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| The Mabinogion - important source for celtic mythology:
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| http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5160
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| '''Pages from Wikipedia and other sources:'''
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| '''Races and monsters:'''
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| <table>
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| <tr><td>Gnomes:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnome</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Elves:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elf</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Dwarves:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Orc:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orc_%28disambiguation%29</td></tr>
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| <tr><td colspan=2>"Orc means 'young pig' in the Gaelic language, also taken to mean wild boar."</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Fey:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faerie</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Drow:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_elf</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Balor:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balor</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Troll:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Fire and Frost Giants:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jotun</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Ogre:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Warg:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wargs</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Zombie:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Unicorn:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Golem:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Banshee:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banshee</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Ghoul:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoul</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Ghast:</td><td>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld_%28Dreamlands%29#Ghasts</td></tr>
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| </table>
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| '''Classes:'''
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| Paladin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paladin
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| Druid: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid
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| Cleric: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleric
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| Assassin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin
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| Magi and magic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magi
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| '''Planescape Stuff:'''
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| Norse cosmology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_cosmology
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| Norse mythology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_mythology
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| Yggdrasil: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil
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| Ysgard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asgard (led to Ysgard)
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| Niflheim: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niflheim
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| Muspelheim: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muspelheim
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| Abyss: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abyss_%28religion%29
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| "In the Greek version of the Old Testament the word represents both the original chaos ..."
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| Gehenna: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehenna
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| Hades: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hades
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| Acheron: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acheron_%28disambiguation%29
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| Elysium: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysium
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| Arborea: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arborea_%28disambiguation%29
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| Limbo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbo and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbo_(dance)
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| '''Arts and sciences, magic:'''
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| Magi and magic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magi (Quite interesting: Enlightens the origin of the word)
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| Alchemy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy
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| Divination: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divination
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| Necromancy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necromancer
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| '''Miscalleneous'''
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| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefillin
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